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LONDON — Britain’s new crime-fighting agency starts work today with the power to mobilize
intelligence from multiple sources and direct police forces across the country to tackle drug
gangs, corruption, cybercrime and child sex abuse.

The National Crime Agency, dubbed by media as Britain’s version of the FBI, will consist of more
than 4,000 officers and will take on many of the duties of its widely criticized predecessor, the
Serious Organized Crime Agency, while also having additional powers.

Keith Bristow, director-general of the new agency, also promised a new relationship with the
private sector to combat white-collar crime.

The agency estimates that 37,000 people in 5,500 groups are involved in organized crime in
Britain, and the annual cost of fraud committed by such gangs amounts to almost $14.6 billion.